FarFarAway
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Hi all.
Some people have requested results of the NV5...so here I go.
If you just want the results, skim down to the end....
Installation:
Well this bit seems nice and easy.....what is it....like a 6 step instruction page...hehe
Well its NOT easy as it looks actually!
Scrap the crap guide thing....here we go:
Step 1: Remove from case
Easy....now to
Step 2
Remove the Memory Heatsinks on the 6800GT card (well thats mine so I'll write it from that perspective)..
Here a pic (its a bad one...soz)

Where the red bits are is the rear of the right hand side memory heatsink. These little plastic pins stick through...get a pair of plier and carefully (you have to re-use these) plier them together and push slightly....then puch through and they should both come out easy. The turn round and remove the heatsink. In mine I had what looked like cotton pads. YUK!! we will add ceramique I think!! If this heatsink doesn't come off then you should use a hairdryer to heat up the thermal pads till they slide off. MNine came off.
Step 2
Not as easy as it seems....remove the standard fan plug from the socket on the board. Mine was very hard to get out. DO NOT damage the socket cause you need to plug the NV5 in!! Here's a pic for reference....

Step Three
Remove the pretty cover....simply unscrew all the screws from the pretty cover that was put on by the manufacturer. You'll probably have to go get a smaller screwdriver than mine - I did LOL...

Step Four:
Remove shit-loads of screws. I'm not gonna show you all of them or go through one by one. Suffice to say that there are a lot of screws to take off both front and back. You WILL know when they are all of! Get them all and no yanking them off!

and

Should look like this:

Note the dirty shit that's on here. Get you cleaning fluid (that you had handy of course) and clean it all off carefully. What a bunch of cheap bastards all manufactorers are...no ceramique or AS5 anywhere....just cheap cotton things and crappy paste!
All clean? Then onto the next step...
Step 5:
Put the new thermal paste on. I put lots and lots of ceramique on the memory modules (that's what it says to do!!) and a thin(ish) layer of AS5 on the core....very carefully (we don't want shorts now do we??) You can use Ceramique for the whole thing and it would be fine. Don't forget the memory under the side heatsink.....
Step 6
Get that heatsink on the left of your card and get it back on the card....this is where your carefullness with the pins comes in...get them in nice and tight!!
Step 7
Now lay the NV5 down facing down and with the fan on the left. Carefully line up the holes and slide on.....then put the runner gromits on the pins from the NV5 and put the little screws on....do up:

How much to do them up??? Well first I was careful. Then I took the card to my comp and tested it and - HOLY SHITE!!! Temps started off in the 70's!
Bugger that. Yoink of card...back downstairs.....check core...the bloody AS5 was only half on the heatsink. Added a bit more AS5 (but not too much) and screwed all screws up till they could screw up no more! Tested....ahhh...good.....
Step 8
Nearly done! Just clip the fan plug back into the graphics card. Nice and snug mind!!
Hows it look:

Looks good...and BIG...and HEAVY!! Smacks of quality this thing!!
Step 9
Stick it back in for testing! YAY!
Mine looks big in the case:

Yes its a bad pic by I had done up the case before I realised that I wanted a pic!!
Goes in fine and of course...takes up that other PCI slot. Has a nice little backplate that doesn't leave the slot "naked". Apparantly you can hoover the NV5 out from outside of the case using a hoover! Well isn't that nice to know!!
RESULTS:
First my case is being re-coolinated so its fairly hot. And the room was warm....
I used to get: 65deg C idle and 78-9deg load. This is cause of the 71.84 drivers showing a 20% hgher temp than before apparantly...according to nvidia. My case aint that bad!! hehe
Now I tested this as soon as this was in and on and the pC was left for a good 10mins to acclimatise:
Idle was: 58DEG:

That's a fall of 7deg! I thing tha fact that the NV5 takes hot air out of the box also helped!!
Load was: 70DEG!!!

That's another big fall. I got this load temp by putting on RTHDRIBL and leaving it for 15mins to fry a bit. Fry it did not!
Finally I played a bit of Farcry (well half hour. I max out my settings on 1280 x 1024 so it should load up the vard a lot.
I got straight after playing: 61deg!! Not too shabby!!
I haven't mentioned this yet. The quiet!! Whoa! I can't even hear my PC now. I didn't realise how loud the damn GPU cooler was. 1st class product Arctic Cooling!!
I would reccoment this cooler to anyone on air wanting a quiet, cool alternative to stock nvidia cooling. Especially if you're not going on water anytime soon!!
Oh, BTW, my CPU tmep has gone down by about 2-3degs idle as well. My case is basically a lot cooler!!
Score: 8.8/10
Plus Points: Cool and cold and quiet!!
Negatives: Not a easy thing to install for someone a bit n00bish! Also you really have to check its on secure!!
Hope this guide helps/informs some of ya and that you go out and buy one if you're on standard air!!
EDIT: With the fixed drivers this brought the temps down to around 49*C and the load temps to 65*C
A big thunbs waytogo to this NV5!! :worship: :wavey: :wavey:
Some people have requested results of the NV5...so here I go.
If you just want the results, skim down to the end....
Installation:
Well this bit seems nice and easy.....what is it....like a 6 step instruction page...hehe
Well its NOT easy as it looks actually!
Scrap the crap guide thing....here we go:
Step 1: Remove from case
Easy....now to
Step 2
Remove the Memory Heatsinks on the 6800GT card (well thats mine so I'll write it from that perspective)..
Here a pic (its a bad one...soz)

Where the red bits are is the rear of the right hand side memory heatsink. These little plastic pins stick through...get a pair of plier and carefully (you have to re-use these) plier them together and push slightly....then puch through and they should both come out easy. The turn round and remove the heatsink. In mine I had what looked like cotton pads. YUK!! we will add ceramique I think!! If this heatsink doesn't come off then you should use a hairdryer to heat up the thermal pads till they slide off. MNine came off.
Step 2
Not as easy as it seems....remove the standard fan plug from the socket on the board. Mine was very hard to get out. DO NOT damage the socket cause you need to plug the NV5 in!! Here's a pic for reference....

Step Three
Remove the pretty cover....simply unscrew all the screws from the pretty cover that was put on by the manufacturer. You'll probably have to go get a smaller screwdriver than mine - I did LOL...

Step Four:
Remove shit-loads of screws. I'm not gonna show you all of them or go through one by one. Suffice to say that there are a lot of screws to take off both front and back. You WILL know when they are all of! Get them all and no yanking them off!

and

Should look like this:

Note the dirty shit that's on here. Get you cleaning fluid (that you had handy of course) and clean it all off carefully. What a bunch of cheap bastards all manufactorers are...no ceramique or AS5 anywhere....just cheap cotton things and crappy paste!
All clean? Then onto the next step...
Step 5:
Put the new thermal paste on. I put lots and lots of ceramique on the memory modules (that's what it says to do!!) and a thin(ish) layer of AS5 on the core....very carefully (we don't want shorts now do we??) You can use Ceramique for the whole thing and it would be fine. Don't forget the memory under the side heatsink.....
Step 6
Get that heatsink on the left of your card and get it back on the card....this is where your carefullness with the pins comes in...get them in nice and tight!!
Step 7
Now lay the NV5 down facing down and with the fan on the left. Carefully line up the holes and slide on.....then put the runner gromits on the pins from the NV5 and put the little screws on....do up:

How much to do them up??? Well first I was careful. Then I took the card to my comp and tested it and - HOLY SHITE!!! Temps started off in the 70's!
Bugger that. Yoink of card...back downstairs.....check core...the bloody AS5 was only half on the heatsink. Added a bit more AS5 (but not too much) and screwed all screws up till they could screw up no more! Tested....ahhh...good.....
Step 8
Nearly done! Just clip the fan plug back into the graphics card. Nice and snug mind!!
Hows it look:

Looks good...and BIG...and HEAVY!! Smacks of quality this thing!!
Step 9
Stick it back in for testing! YAY!
Mine looks big in the case:

Yes its a bad pic by I had done up the case before I realised that I wanted a pic!!
Goes in fine and of course...takes up that other PCI slot. Has a nice little backplate that doesn't leave the slot "naked". Apparantly you can hoover the NV5 out from outside of the case using a hoover! Well isn't that nice to know!!
RESULTS:
First my case is being re-coolinated so its fairly hot. And the room was warm....
I used to get: 65deg C idle and 78-9deg load. This is cause of the 71.84 drivers showing a 20% hgher temp than before apparantly...according to nvidia. My case aint that bad!! hehe
Now I tested this as soon as this was in and on and the pC was left for a good 10mins to acclimatise:
Idle was: 58DEG:

That's a fall of 7deg! I thing tha fact that the NV5 takes hot air out of the box also helped!!
Load was: 70DEG!!!

That's another big fall. I got this load temp by putting on RTHDRIBL and leaving it for 15mins to fry a bit. Fry it did not!
Finally I played a bit of Farcry (well half hour. I max out my settings on 1280 x 1024 so it should load up the vard a lot.
I got straight after playing: 61deg!! Not too shabby!!
I haven't mentioned this yet. The quiet!! Whoa! I can't even hear my PC now. I didn't realise how loud the damn GPU cooler was. 1st class product Arctic Cooling!!
I would reccoment this cooler to anyone on air wanting a quiet, cool alternative to stock nvidia cooling. Especially if you're not going on water anytime soon!!
Oh, BTW, my CPU tmep has gone down by about 2-3degs idle as well. My case is basically a lot cooler!!
Score: 8.8/10
Plus Points: Cool and cold and quiet!!
Negatives: Not a easy thing to install for someone a bit n00bish! Also you really have to check its on secure!!
Hope this guide helps/informs some of ya and that you go out and buy one if you're on standard air!!
EDIT: With the fixed drivers this brought the temps down to around 49*C and the load temps to 65*C
A big thunbs waytogo to this NV5!! :worship: :wavey: :wavey: